Architecture as A Consequence of Biology M. Arch thesis studio project Kraft, Kerstin Sustainable architecture Biology Structural analysis Nature This thesis aims to synthesize the domain of biology with that of architecture through Biomemetics, the quest of recreating properties in living organisms in order to utilize them as possible design solutions. I have placed an emphasis on the understanding of natural, self-similar phenomena; specifically the Lindenmayer System, a grammar through which organisms can achieve and maintain structure through the generative process of recursion. By relying on digital computation to recreate this phenomenon, it becomes the vehicle needed to bridge and redefine the formal condition that exists between nature and architecture School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007) 2007-05 Images Digital Jpk2 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Architecture as A Consequence of Biology
M. Arch thesis studio project
Kraft, Kerstin
Sustainable architecture
Biology
Structural analysis
Nature
This thesis aims to synthesize the domain of biology with that of architecture through Biomemetics, the quest of recreating properties in living organisms in order to utilize them as possible design solutions. I have placed an emphasis on the understanding of natural, self-similar phenomena; specifically the Lindenmayer System, a grammar through which organisms can achieve and maintain structure through the generative process of recursion. By relying on digital computation to recreate this phenomenon, it becomes the vehicle needed to bridge and redefine the formal condition that exists between nature and architecture
School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007)
2007-05
Images
Digital
Jpk2
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY